'V n as n' - Construction 10
| Name: | the begin a time period as construction |
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| Description: | A person begins or ends a time period in a specific way. |
| Verbs: | begin, continue, end, finish, start, start off, start out |
| Example: | He began his career as a journalist… (BNC) |
| Membership: | relation |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Equivalence.
Roles: NP1: Carrier; NP2: Time; NP3: Attribute
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